Nursing Home Neglect

Spangenberg Attorneys Helping to Protect Our Elderly Citizens

Our parents protected and nurtured us while we were growing up. But as
they grow older, sometimes our parents need our help because an injury
or illness won't allow them to take care of themselves independently.
Often, a nursing home is the only practical solution for protecting an
elderly family member who can no longer live on his or her own.

Unfortunately, our most vulnerable and fragile citizens can become the
victims of negligence or abuse by the very people who are paid to care
for them. When this occurs, the nursing home neglect attorneys at Spangenberg
Shibley & Liber are prepared to help the family discover what happened
and hold the nursing home accountable. We encourage you to contact a Cleveland
elder abuse attorney from our firm.

Nursing Home Injuries Caused By Neglect

We can represent your loved one in a case involving elder abuse. Some of
the common avoidable mistakes that we have seen occur in nursing homes
against nursing home residents who are not capable of protecting themselves are:

In too many of these cases, the family is left without answers as to why
their parent or loved one was injured. In some cases, they find out about
a condition such as
bedsores / pressure ulcers only after the condition has become severe or life threatening. We encourage
you to seek legal recourse as soon as possible regarding your case. Below
we’ve outlined two examples of
nursing home abuse cases that our firm has handled successfully.

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Case 1: The Painful Loss Of A Mother

Recently, nursing home neglect attorney Stuart Scott from our team at Spangenberg
successfully concluded a case on behalf of a family who lost their mother
after she had fallen in the nursing home twice in less than a month. After
the second fall, it was discovered she had broken her left hip. After
surviving the hip repair surgery, she died three weeks later—a well-known
complication of hip fractures in the elderly.

Only through the lawsuit did the family learn that their mother had been
injured because a state tested nursing assistant (STNA) had failed to
follow the nursing home's written procedure for transferring their
mother from her wheelchair to her bed. These events also resulted in the
nursing home adopting the use of gait belts, a simple device used by an
STNA or nurse to maintain control over the patient during a transfer to
prevent falls. In this case, the STNA was using their mother's pants
as a handhold instead of a gait belt and lost control, resulting in a
preventable fall that required the resident to be taken to the emergency
department with a head wound.

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Case 2: Nursing Home Fractured Hip Leads To Death

Spangenberg nursing home negligence lawyer Nicholas DiCello is currently
representing the family of an elderly nursing home resident who suffered
a fractured hip while being transferred by aids to and from a sister facility
on a recreational outing. Unfortunately, the elderly woman soon died as
a result of her injury.

The circumstances surrounding the resident's injuries and death are
particularly troubling to the family. A nursing home aide was pushing
the family’s mother in her wheelchair when the aide became distracted
by an unaccompanied resident who was beginning to fall. Left unattended,
the wheelchair overturned, dumping the family's mother to the ground
and causing multiple injuries—the most serious of which was a fractured
hip. Unfortunately, the hip fracture went undetected for several excruciatingly
painful days. Once diagnosed, the resident was sent for surgery. Given
her advanced age, however, complications ensued and the family's mother
soon passed away. Understandably, the family is outraged over the circumstances
leading to their mother's injuries and death.

Have You or a Loved One Fallen Victim To Nursing Home Negligence?

Have you had problems? For questions or a free nursing home-related consultation,
contact our team at Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP. If you have a parent
or a family member who has been injured in a nursing home and you would
like to discuss their rights with an attorney, you are welcome to
call our office at (216) 600-0114 or contact a Cleveland nursing home negligence lawyer
using our online case evaluation form.

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